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Finally We Get New Elements In HTML 5

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the not-so-patiently-waiting dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Pure HTML enhancements hardly grew at all in the last eight years. Forward motion basically stopped in 1999 with HTML 4. Now the future looks bright. Recently, HTML has come back to life with HTML 5. Tons of new elements will be available for structure (article, nav, section, etc.), block semantic elements (aside, figure, dialog), and several other functions."

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  1. Oh noes! by HitekHobo · · Score: 3, Funny

    And here I was thinking that solved all of my web design problems. Now I might have to learn a second type of tag!

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  2. Oh great... by Bazman · · Score: 4, Funny

    More things for IE to not support properly.

    1. Re:Oh great... by Praedon · · Score: 4, Funny

      Somebody set us up the HTML 5
      What?
      We get new tags
      Firefox Turn On
      It's new!
      How are you gentlemen? All your tags are supported by us

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  3. Up to now, new HTML elements... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...had to be created in an expensive particle accelerator and often decayed before you could hit refresh.

  4. Still no <bgsound tune, repeat> ? ;-) by D4C5CE · · Score: 4, Funny

    The tag the world's been waiting for since 1994...
    repeat:byte; 0 = ad nauseam
    With MOD support - of course!

  5. The most greatly wanted tag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    And, of course, the addition of the long overdue

    <dupe>http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?si d=07/07/20/1226235</dupe>
    tag.
    1. Re:The most greatly wanted tag by the_womble · · Score: 4, Funny

      actually the most wanted tag is the irony tag.
      The problem is that most people on /. will not understand how to use it.
  6. Re:Excellent! by Conspiracy_Of_Doves · · Score: 5, Funny

    The whole point of a semantic tag is that it is machine parsable. A script that is interpreting the page will know what parts of the page is the article, which parts are the navigation, which parts are the advertisements, and so on.

    Actually, they need to put in an <ad> tag.

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  7. Announcing by Bluesman · · Score: 5, Funny

    The BRAND NEW HTML 5!

    Almost as good as TeX!

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  8. Re:Excellent! by corsec67 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently slashdot got rid of it for you...

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  9. I'm in the money! by El_Smack · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sweet! Can I get my $80K a year job back doing HTML for a dotcom?
    It's 1999 all over again, baby!

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  10. permablink? by jdunlevy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I sure hope one of the new elements is finally permablink!

  11. need more tags by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 4, Funny

    </> close previous open tag
    <//> close all open tags
    </fix> instantly fix everything that is wrong with the site
    <beer> because I need one, preferably a one of class="cold"

  12. Re:what happened to xhtml? by sootman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Screw all this. I'm gonna start my own working group... with blackjack and hookers! In fact, forget the working group.
    - That, of course, would belong in the much anticipated <bender> tag.

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  13. Re:Excellent! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    What does a screen reader on Viagra sound like?

  14. Re:Excellent! by kennygraham · · Score: 4, Funny

    Barry White + Stephen Hawking